I'm a gun enthusiast. PayPal has been on my shitlist ever since they went full on fascist on firearms with the accounts of Federal Firearms License holders. PayPal froze accounts with five digit balances because suddenly implements a no firearms policy.
This was 2003.
Yes, PayPal has been pulling this kid of bullshit for near on 20 years.
I closed the first PP account I had opened in 2000 because of this crap. I refused to have anything to do with them for five years afterwards. I only opened another account with them because in 2008 I wanted to sell some stuff on eBay.
That account is now closed, too, I closed it as soon as word about this broke.
As convenient as they are, they are manifestly hostile to dissident voices, and capricious with their rules. As such, they cannot be trusted, and must be considered off limits.
There are alternatives now, Gab Pay and Parallel Economy, which did not exist in 2003. Of the two, I would say Gab Pay is more resilient, as Gab has already gone through de-banking and being black listed by Visa and MasterCard, and has found ways around that. I doubt Parallel Economy will survive such an attack.
I'm a gun enthusiast. PayPal has been on my shitlist ever since they went full on fascist on firearms with the accounts of Federal Firearms License holders. PayPal froze accounts with five digit balances because suddenly implements a no firearms policy.
This was 2003.
Yes, PayPal has been pulling this kid of bullshit for near on 20 years.
I closed the first PP account I had opened in 2000 because of this crap. I refused to have anything to do with them for five years afterwards. I only opened another account with them because in 2008 I wanted to sell some stuff on eBay.
That account is now closed, too, I closed it as soon as word about this broke.
As convenient as they are, they are manifestly hostile to dissident voices, and capricious with their rules. As such, they cannot be trusted, and must be considered off limits.
There are alternatives now, Gab Pay and Parallel Economy, which did not exist in 2003. Of the two, I would say Gab Pay is more resilient, as Gab has already gone through de-banking and being black listed by Visa and MasterCard, and has found ways around that. I doubt Parallel Economy will survive such an attack.